Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1887-08-10

factory" At least 20 pounds day
can be utilized when it gets in full
blast.
The Chicago boodlers were convict.
ed last Friday, and sentenced to two
Years in the penitentiary aud fine
Of $1,000.
Gibson the deposed Premier of
the Sandwich Islands reached San
Francisco last Friday. He barely got
away with his life.
Susanyille is livening up. Two
faro games are running nightly, and
large amounts of money are said to
oe won and lost.
Senator Kaiser is about to dispose
OF his Churchill and other properet,
The price is $40, 900, and two young
men from Woodland are now taking
an inventory of the properly.
The Los Angeles Typographical
Union has shut down on "boiler plate''
(stereotype plates of reading matter
made broad and offers to pay cost
for all "boiler plate' now on hand in
the various offices.
The French viii not be able to vii.
ness a duel between Bolanger and
Ferry, but if they want to see some
gore they can just drop over into
Spain and see Jack Kilran put Jem
Smith to sleep.
The Women's Art Association met
last Friday to see if they had done
well enough in the past month to run
another month. They found their
finances in healthy condition and
will continue their good work as
before.
A band of Shoshones arrived In
Winnemucca few days ago with sew.
eral hundred dollars for the purpo. e
Of engaging in gambling bout with
the Flutes. The Shoshones lost ali
their C in, blankets and ponies and
returned home on foot.
& The S. f. Post says: at is confdep.
tally expected that d. O. Mills Is
going to take hand in Grown Poin,
and Belcher, in company with some
vt the heaviest capitalists in the bus.
mess outside the Nevada Bank"
The cost of sinking artesian wells
in Carson Valley is SO a foot for the
irsl 100 feet, SO foot for the secono
MO feet, and 81 extra for each sue.
ceeding 100 feet. AL these rates il
costs $1,000 to sink 1000 feet, $4,000
TO sink 1900 feet, and $4,000 to sink
1000 feet These figures do not in
ciude the cost of the plant
The Utah and Northern railroad,
formerly narrow gauge, was on las
Monday, widened to the standard
guage between Butte City and Poca-
telio, distance of 262 miles. The
change was made most expoditiouss
anu in approved style the entire work
being done in FIVE hours The first
train over the road after the change
made an average running time of IS
miles an hour
The farmers of Washoe Valley are
gradually awakening to the fact that
one good colt ia worth dozen scrubs
and the past TWO seasons the more.
progressive have selected we'll hred
Sires for their mares. The result can
already he seen in this seasons colts
and Washoe Valley is on the high
road TO become an important horse
center II the spirit which now imhues
our farmers is kept alive let0ckzqan.
Mr. E. 7 Murray, the young gen.
tleman from San Francisco recently
appointed postal clerk on the Carson
& Colorado railroi d, has resigned the
position, and Willie Cox, of Genoa,
was again called upon 10 fill the place
until another appointment can he
made II is thought Willie will now
receive the appointment. He is de.
serving and capable and every way
fitted for the place, and we hope h
will get it, Gei0a Courier.
J.J. Holmes, the well known rail
road contractor, was lC town yester.
day. He is engag d in completing the
lasl section OF the Mohawk Valley
load, about "a mile of which was left
unfinished when work was suspended
last year. Mr. Holmes informs us
that The company have got their affairs
in satisfactory condition, having
overcome heir recent emharrassments
and the probabilities are that that the
grading Will be continued to krby's.